Vegetable-separator.



N. J. MOGOFPIN. VEGETABLE SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1908.

926 281 Patented June 29,1909.

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AMI/my T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it l-iIlOWll that i. .r i? hiioiiorii' citizen oi the e re reg on n the poi. and d awn to n 5 i' Fig. I; is n. cross-simtion lino: wire F and a ring it, showing: a por tion in of the bars (Z.

A, is a frame of the nntoliino which is oi any approved construction.

B is a cylindrical screen which is ii "naied. in tll6f1'2t11101i11 a slightly inclined pos .i.

C is the rlriving-shatt one end portion oi which is provided. with a c ink-handle c For revolving it, but any other approved. means may be provided for ren-ioixiiir the screen inv carrying out this invention.

it are arins secured to the sl rings E which form a portion of of the screen. Any desired 1 uni and arms may he used, but i found to be satisfactory. The i the screen is provided with a tudinal parallel bars (Z. These oars craoly formed of Wood, and they in to the inside surfaces of the rings Q inner faces of the oars are rounded that they have no sharp angles or which might injure the potatoes.

F are parallel hoo of wire arranp' bars (Z, and secured to s The rectangular spaces 1 bars (1 and the hoops l are arran all potatoes below a prearranged size will in ii through them.

G, is a feed-hopper at the higher end. oi" the cylindrical screen. The front end portion oi this hopper is hinged or p'voted to the frame in any approyed manner, and its rear end portion is supported by ad ustahle arins i g, so that the angle of the bottom ol' the hop- ":iciiines l'or -i screen is rerohed the sprouts on the potaseries tj ibfil, SOUTH DA KOTA.

Patented June 29, 1909.

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if; is a rhute at the lower end of the screen thro .1 \i'lnrh the larger pototoes are delivand into suitahle receptacles. when the toes are removed by the joint action of the loa tudinnl u oodc'n hers and the Wire hoops ncircle the said hars, and it is lound ll'lx'lidl' the hers of a prearranged size an; a ilfiillfl' wire 0! a prearranged gag, all the sprouts ca he reinm'ed without scraping l or otheiwx'ise injuring the skins ol the potatoes. 'lhen'ire hoops are formed of line wire which. will rut the sprouts o'il' the potatoes as they roine in contact with thorn, and the bars are ol greater depth than Width so that the potatoes are carried pward in the drum and are dropped onto the wire rings so that the spouts are cut oil by impact against them.

A n'na rd ring 2'. is secured at the mouth of the screen inside the oars (I, to prevent the potatoes from working; out. and the feed of the potatoes is regulated by changing the angle ol the t'eed-lmppcr to suit the speed with which the Si eeu is driven.

ii heft .l claim is:

in a 'vegetahle separator, the combination,

I with a supporting l'ranie having a feed opening at one end and an outlet opening at the other end. of a driving shalt arranged 111 an T i inclined position and journaled in hearings in the frame aho've the said openings; a screen secured on the said shaft and comprising a series oi rings, a series of longitudinal bars arranged at short distances apart with open spares between them and secured inside the i said rings, a series ol wire hoops secured outl l l side the said liars hetu'een the said rings, and r gj-guard ring: secu'rel inside the said bars at the inlet end of the screen; and an adjustable eed hopper connected to the frame beyond no end ol the driving shalt and projecting within the said l'oed opening.

in testimony Wiiereol' l have alhxod my signature, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATHANIEL J. h'lOGOFFIN. il' itnessesz JOHN llUltRNl', BLANCIIE COLM'AN. 

